The order stated, “Counsel(s) appearing for CBI argued that as per the directions of the coordinate bench (of HC) issued on June 20, 2016, the preliminary probe has been conducted by CBI, and it was the duty of the CBI to inform the court before registering... read more

Rahul Gandhi’s court appearance to face a defamation charge filed over his attack on the BJP and its ideological parent was his first after he put out a four-page statement on Twitter on Wednesday. read more

Nishank won the Doiwala assembly seat in 2012. Two years later, he vacated the seat to contest from Haridwar in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, defeating the then chief minister Harish Rawat’s wife Renuka by 1.7 lakh votes. read more

Contesting for the first time from Nainital seat, BJP’s Ajay Bhatt has to fit into shoes of veteran Bhagat Singh Koshiyari, the sitting BJP MP and fight popularity of ace politician Harish Rawat, his main rival. read more

Harish Rawat, the Congress candidate from the Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar Lok Sabha seat, and a BJP leader Ram Mehrotra were served notices by EC for holding election rallies at religious shrines. read more

Assistant Returning officer of Nainital Vinod Kumar, who is also sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Nainital, has issued the notice to Congress’ Nainital candidate Harish Rawat on the basis of a complaint lodged by BJP leader Pushkar Jyoti. read more

Congress’s Harish Rawat, the former chief minister of Uttarakhand is a five-time member of Parliament and was the minister of water resources in the cabinet of Manmohan Singh during 2012-2014. read more